Interim Report – January 2016 #2 (6.1.16)

USA

Vesicular Stomatitis (VS)

According to the USDA Situation Report on VS of 4th January 2016, there has been one new VS confirmed or suspect premises identified in the USA since 18th December. This brings the national total of virus case premises to 326 and VS suspect premises to 494 since the present VS disease event was first reported 29th April 2015. All cases of VS have been caused by the New Jersey serotype of the virus. Respective numbers of virus-confirmed premises in the eight affected states are as follows, Arizona (14), Colorado (187), Nebraska (24), New Mexico (12), South Dakota (18), Texas (four), Utah (16), Wyoming (51). The overall total of virus confirmed and VS suspect premises currently stands at 820.

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